Hanshin Tigers Change Players After Winning the League
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The Hanshin Tigers won the league title. This happened one day before. Now the team is making changes.
The Tigers changed seven players. Pitcher Shoji Ito is now on the roster. He will start the game against DeNA.
Four players left the active roster. They are Haruto Takahashi, Shoki Murakami, Doris, and Ukyo Maekawa.
Other players joined the team. They include Lucas and Noboru Obata.
The Tigers are the defending champions. They won the league two years in a row.
There is talk about a new rule. It is for the Climax Series. This rule may affect DeNA.
Today, Hanshin will play DeNA. This is a direct match between the two teams.
Vocabulary7 words
- league
- a group of sports teams that play against each other
- roster
- the official list of players on a team
- start
- to begin playing a game from the first moment
- active roster
- the list of players who can play in games right now
- defending champions
- the team that won last time
- Climax Series
- special games in Japan to decide who plays in the final
- direct match
- a game where two teams play against each other
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1. They won the league title 2. Shoki Murakami 3. Seven
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The Hanshin Tigers won the _____ title. This happened one day before. Now the team is making changes.
The Tigers changed _____ players. Pitcher Shoji Ito is now on the roster. He will _____ the game against DeNA.
Four players left the _____ roster. They are Haruto Takahashi, Shoki Murakami, Doris, and Ukyo Maekawa.
Other players joined the team. They include Lucas and Noboru Obata.
The Tigers are the _____ champions. They won the league two years in a row.
There is talk about a new rule. It is for the _____ Series. This rule may affect DeNA.
Today, Hanshin will play DeNA. This is a _____ match between the two teams.
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